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This study aimed to compare the results obtained using the Unyvero system\/hospital-acquired pneumonia (HPN) panel with those obtained using classic microbiological diagnostic methods to evaluate the potential of introducing this rapid diagnostic test into routine diagnosis and improving local ASPs. Methods: A single-center, observational, cross-sectional, analytical study was performed; it included patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with the presumptive diagnosis of community- or hospital-acquired pneumonia. One hundred non-repetitive endotracheal aspirates were collected and subjected to analysis using both methods. The concordance between the results obtained via the standard-of-care (SoC) culture and Unyvero was analyzed. Results: Of the results generated using Unyvero\/HPN, 51% were fully concordant with those obtained via culture, 48% were partially concordant, and only 1% represented failure. It was also more efficient in identifying multiple organisms in a single sample than the SoC culture (1.32 versus 1.1 per sample). The three most common isolates identified via both methods were Acinetobacter baumannii, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The most common resistance markers identified with Unyvero were sul1 (41%), tem and ndm (25%), and kpc, imp, vim, and gyrA87 (2% of results). 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